Blades for use with a razor and a dispenser devised therefor



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, July 23, 1957 G. M. PEL'rz BLADES FOR USE WITH A RAZOR AND A DISPENSER DEVISED THEREFOR VE5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 18, 1953 mmm 3 w 1 w? www m/ f Hn S m m@ m g ,m 5 33 m m3 3 4 m 3 m. 1 3 w 3 Q @ma www am m. 33 F @e 3 m /vM///// 1 3 Bw mm @MQ m m ,m m m ATTORNEY M. PEL-rz 2,799,924

WITH A RAZOR AND 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 July 23, 1957 G,

BLADES FOR USE:

A DISPENSER nEvIsED THEREFOR Filed Dec. 18, 1955 July 23, 1957 G M. PEL'rz BLADES FOR USE WITH A RAZOR AND A DISPENSER DEVISED THEREFOR Filed Dec. 18. 1953 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 July 23, 1957 G. M. PELTZ 2,799,924

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Gopoo/v f1 Pau-2 BYmM-@g A TTORNEY July 23, 1957 G. M. PELTz 2,799,924 BLADES FOR usE wrm A RAZOR AND A DISPENSER DEVISED THEREF'OR 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed Dec. 18, 1953 INVENTOR. I :L z 2 Govan/v M F15/ rz ATTO/QNEY United States Patent @ffice 2,799,924 Patented July 23, 1957 BLADES FOR USE Wl'ii A RAZOR AND A DISPENSER DEVESED THEREFR Gordon M. Peitz, Montclair, N. J., assigner to American Safety Razor Corporation, Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of Virginia Application December 18, 1953, Serial N o. 398,949

32 tiaims. (Cl. Sil- 40) This invention relates to razor blades; to a blade container particularly devised therefor; to a razor particularly devised for said blade; and a razor particularly devised for said container.

Among the objects of this invention are the following: to provide a new and improved razor blade having its longitudinal rigidity reinforced, and more particularly without substantial impairment of its transverse flexibility; to provide a new and improved razor blade having an underlying channel for location in a razor; to provide a new and improved razor blade adapted to permit an improved stacking arrangement in a container devised therefor; to provide a new and improved razor blade which is simply and inexpensively manufactured.

Other objects of the invention are the following: to provide a new and improved blade container to facilitate removal of the blades in succession; to provide a new and improved blade container whereby removal of the blades directly into a razor is simplified; to provide a new and improved blade container having a loading zone adapted to receive a razor and automatically to place a fresh blade in said razor; to provide a new and improved blade container having an extracting zone for automatically removing a used blade from a razor and to provide a new and improved container which is inexpensive and simple to manufacture.

Further objects of t le invention are to provide a new and improved razor particularly devised for cooperation with said blade; to provide a new and improved razor particularly devised for cooperation with said container to permit discharge of blades therein; to provide a new and improved razor which will automatically withdraw a fresh razor blade from said container when inserted into and withdrawn from a loading zone thereof, and which will automatically discharge a used blade into the container when inserted into and withdrawn from an extracting zone thereof; to provide a new and improved razor which will automatically grip a blade irmly into shaving position; and to provide a new and improved razor which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and convenient and safe to use.

A further object of this invention is to provide a new and improved arrangement whereby manual handling of a new or used blade is eliminated.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred form of my invention. In the drawings:

Fig. Vl is an end elevation of the container showing the razor in the extracting Zone;

Fig. 2 is .a top plan view of the container;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line Ill-III of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along `line IV-lV of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along line V-V of Fig. 1 showing the razor in the loading zone;

Fig. 6 is a Asectional view taken along line Vll-VI of Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-V11 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a sectional View taken along line VIII-VIH of Fig. 10 showing the operation of the device in the extracting zone;

Fig. 9 is a sectional View taken along line IX-IX of Fig. 11 showing the operation of the device in the loading zone;

Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken along line X-X of Fig. 8;

Fig. 1l is a side elevation of Fig. 9; l

Fig. 12 is a side elevation of Vthe razor used in the invention; n

Fig. 13 is a top plan view of the razor shown in Fig. 12;'

Fig. 14 is a sectional view taken along line XIV-XIV of Fig. 13;

Fig. 15 is a sectional view taken along line XV-XV of Fig. 14;

Fig. 16 is a sectional view taken along line XVI-XVI of Fig. 14;

Fig. 17 is a plan view of the blade used with the invention;

Fig. 18 is a side elevation of the blade shown in Fig. 17;

Fig. 19 is a sectional view taken along line XIX-XIX of Fig. 17;

Fig. 20 is a side elevation of the razor handle;

Fig. 21 is a sectional view taken along line XXL-)CCI of Fig. 20; and

Fig. 22 isan elevation of the handle, spread out to show the cam slots.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the reference numeral 1 denotes a razor blade; reference numeral 100 denotes a blade container; and reference numeral 300 denotes a razor; all embodying the instant invention.

ln accordance with the instant invention, the novel razor blade 1 is composite in nature. In the embodiment shown in the drawing in Figs. 17 to 19, which is the preferred form of the invention, blade 1 is shown as being formed of the strip 3 and the channel-forming elements 5 depending therefrom to dene the channel Z. The strip 3 is more or less conventional having double shaving edges 7 and conventional locating means such as the centrally located longitudinally extending slot 9 and the .side edges 11 of the extensions 4 and 6 at each end thereof. 1t will be understood that the attainment of the major objects of my invention do not require that the blade be in all respects as shown in the drawings. The channelforming elements 5 are shown in the drawings as uninterrupted longitudinally extending flanges in parallel relation to each other and parallel to the slot 9 on either side thereof. The channel-forming flanges 5 are shown ,as separately formed and secured to the strip 3 in any conventional or desired manner, as for example, as illustrated in the drawings, the flanges 5 are provided with extensions 13, which extensions 13 are mounted on the strip 3 by means of eyelets 15. It will be seen that with this arrangement the blade 1 is rigiditied longitudinally but its transverse flexibility is not impaired.

The container comprises a casing having side walls 102 and end walls 104 and 105. The top wall 106 has a slot 108 therein opening into the loading zone 'and terminating short of end wall 105, and the bottom wall 110 has a slot 1.12 opening into the extracting zone and terminating short of end wall 105. For ease in construction, the container may-be made of two sections A and B which are held together by the locking means 114. For reasons which will later be apparent, Vthe end wall 104 ends short of both top wall 106 and bottom wall 110 and the top and bottom edges 10.7 .of end wall 104 are contoured to negatively t the transverse contour of the top of razor 300.

In the drawings, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, 'the container Yreferred to.

100 is comprised of the new blade compartment 116 and the used blade compartment` 118. In the preferred embodiment shown in the drawings, these compartments 'are separated by the iioatingspring120, which will hereinafter be described. The uppermost portion of the new blade compartment 116 comprises the loading zone X and thelowermost portion of the usedrblade compartment 118 comprises the extracting zone Y.V The ribs '122 on end wall 105 and ribs 124 on end wall 104 cooperate ywith theV edges 11 of extensions 4 and 6 in the blade 1 to locate the blade in the'container 100. Projections 126extend inwardlyr from each of the ribs 122 at a point spaced from the left end wall 105 for a purpose to be hereinafter' referred to. The ribs 122 and '124 terminate short of the loading zone X and short of the extracting zone Y. j The ,loading Zone X has the mouth 128 to permit entry of a razor head therein and has the slot 108 at its top wall 106 communicating therewith, as pointed out above. The slot 108 is defined by extensions 130 and 132,0f top wall 106 on either side thereof and the rear closure 134. vThe rear closure 134 is' comprised of projection 136 extending into the loading zone X, the arcuate por- `tion 137 and the shoulder 139 lying opposite projection 136, thepurpose of all of which will hereinafter be described. Razor guides 138 which extend from the mouth y128 to the end wall 105 are provided in the loading zone X to guide a razor therein. VThe extension 132 of top wall 106* has the nger 140 extending therefrom and in parallel relation thereto, which finger 140 has the serrated portion 142 extendinginto the loading zone X and the rear shoulder 144, the purpose of which willV hereinafter be explained. Y

A blade support is provided inthe loading zone X to vsupport a blade thereon which is to be Vloaded onto a razor. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the blade support' is a tongue 1,46 having its free end pointing toward the mouth 128 of the loading zone X. A stop member 148 is provided in the loading zone X to limit the movement of the razor in the loading zone, as will be hereinafter pointed out. The stop member 148 is shown as being mounted on the tongue 146 in any conventional or desired manner. For convenience however, the stop member 148 is comprised of the base 148a and the neck'148b extending therefrom. The base 148a protrudes through the opening 154 in the end wall 105 and the neck'148b protrudes through the central opening 156 'inthe tongue 146. The stop member 148 may be rigidly attached to the tongue 146 and a frame 160 (to be hereinafter referred to) at pointsr1r58 and 159, respectively,

in any desired Vor conventional manner. The neck 1485 of the stop member 148 is beveled at 148e downwardly arid away from mouth 128, for a purpose which will be hereinafter explained.

The extracting zone Y has the mouth 170 to permit entry of a razor therein and has the slot 112 in its bottom wall 110 .communicating`therewith, as pointed out above. The slot 112V is defined by the extensions 172 and 17.4'1of bottom wall 110 andthe rear closure 176. YTherear closure 176 iscomprised of the arcuate portion 178 Yand has the Vprojection 180 extending into the ex-V tractionzoneV Y. The extension172 of wall 110 has the shoulder 182.ptherein for a purpose, toV be hereinafter Razor guides 184 which extend from the mouth 1,70 to the end wall 105 are provided in the extracting zone Y Vto guide a razor therein. These guides 184 have a portion 186 inclined outwardly and downwardly toward themouth'170, for apurpose to be hereinafte'pointedV out. Y Y, Y l

' VAblade 'support' is Vprovidedrin the extracting zone Y to support` a used biade therein which vhas been extracted from a razor'. In the drawings, the blade `support is shown asa tongue having its free end pointing toward theV mouth 170. The tongue -188 fis -sho'rterr than the length of a Vblade or the spring 120 fora purpose to be hereinafter referred to. A stop member 190 is provided in' the extracting zone Y to limit through the blade 1, the movement of a razor in the extracting zone, as will be pointed ont hereinafter. A blade extractor 192 is also provided in the extracting zoneV Y to extract a blade from a razor. inthe drawings, the stop member 190 and the extractor 192 are shown integral to each other and are shown as being mounted on the tongue 188 in any conventional or desired manner. For purposes of convenience, however, the stop member 190 is comprised of the base 19051 havingfthe neck 190i) projecting therefrom. The extractor 192 is a projection extending from f the base 190a. The base 190a extends through opening 196 in the end wall 105 and the neck 1001; and extractor 192 extend through opening 198 in the tongue 188. The stop member 190 may be rigidly attached to the tongue 108 and the frame 160 (to be hereinafter referred to) Y Aat points 200 and 202, respectively, in any conventional or desired manner.

As shown in the drawing, the tongues 146 and 188 are connected to each other by frame member 160. ln the'preferred embodiment shown, theV tongues 146 and 188 are integral with frame 160. shown as assembled in the container in the following manner: projections 1,26 are flexible and are spaced from each other a distance less than the width of frame member 160. The frame member 160 is snapped behindV the projections 126 and held therebyV in the position shown. The Vframe member 160 is prevented from shifting its position upwardly ordownwardly by means of Y the bases 148g and 190a of stop members 148 and 190 being entered in the openings 154 and 196 in the end wall of the container 100. j

' T he spring 120 which separates the used blade compartment 118 from the new blade compartment 116 is comprised of base 210 having legs 212 which lie between therribs 122 and 124 and the side walls 102. Arms 214 extend upwardly from base 210 and are bent at 214a and 214b above the base 210. The expansion action of spring will act on blades in both the new and used.

blade compartments. lThe spring is of such strength as to hold the blades firmly in the container.

The razor 300 comprises the head 302 and the handle 304 depending therefrom. The razor head 302 vis comprised of the cap 306 whichV is comprised of the rib 308 and the blade-engaging shoulders 310 on either side thereof. The rib 308 has the tapered portion 309 at one end thereof, for a purpose which will be hereinafter referred to. The base 312 underlies the cap 306 and may be xedly connected thereto byV means of connecting member 314, in any desired or conventional manner. In

*the embodiment illustrated in the drawings, the connectdesired manner, as by means of eyelet 322, and has its Y other end 324 free. Y

The blade-clamping member 326 is located between the cap 306 and base 312 and is movable therebetweenVV to clamp a blade into shaving position. The blade-clamping member 326 iscomprised of the depressed area 328V extending centrally and longitudinally thereof. The depressed area 328 is defined by raised portions 330 on either side thereof to form the channel F. Thus when the blade-clamping member 326'is in blade-clamping position (Fig. 16) the depressed area 328 is spaced from the cap 306. The raisedportions 330 have the conventional guard members 332 extending therefrom on either side thereof. To guide the blade-clamping member 326 in its vertical movement, ribs 334 are provided on the The frame isV afrsaea connecting member 314 and the fingers 336 protrude from the blade-clamping member 326 so as to present a slot wherein the ribs 334 may slide, and the projection 338 is lanced from the depressed area 328 and extends into the slot 348 in the base 310.

The handle 384 is a hollow tubular member which is rigidly mounted on the base 310 at 342 in any conventional or desired manner. An elevating member is mounted on the blade-clamping member 326 to move said blade clamping member 326 upwardly to an operative blade-clamping position and downwardly to an inoperative position. In the drawings, the elevating member is shown as a spindle 344 rotatably mounted on the bladeclamping member 326 at 346 and extending into the hollow handle 304. The spindle 344 has a cam follower projecting therefrom and extending into a cam in the handle. In the drawings, the cam follower is shown as the pin 348, having a shorter `end 348b projecting from one side of the spindle 344 and a longer end 348e projecting from the opposite side of the spindle. The cam is comprised of two spiral cam slots 350 into which both ends 34811 and 348b of the pin 348 extend. The cam slots 350 are on opposite sides of the handle and so 1ocated that the upper dat portion 3:59a, the spiral portion 350C and the lower dat portions 350b of both cam slots 350 are opposite to each other. In this arrangement, when the pin 348 is rotated in one direction, the ends 348e `and 348]; of pin 348 will travel from the lower at portions 35012 upwardly through spiral portion 350e to the upperat portion 350g. With this motion the spindle 344 will rotate on point 346 and will be raised to carry with it the blade-clamping member 326 and place it in its operative blade-clamping position. When the pin 348 is rotated in the opposite direction, the ends 348a and 34817 of the pin 348 will travel from the upper at portion 35011 downwardly through spiral portion 350C to the lower flat portion 35012. This will lower the spindle 344 and place .the blade-clamping member 326 -in its inoperative position.

YThe operation of my device is as follows: In the extracting zone, the body 216 and legs 212 of spring 120 lie on the tongue 188. The legs 212 project beyond the tongue 188 since the tongue 188 is shorter than the length of the spring 128. When a blade is to be extracted from the razor 380, the razor head 382 which has a used blade 1 therein is inserted Vinthe extracting zone Y through the mouth 17). The razor guards 332 ride on the razor guides 184 and, at the beginning of the stroke, the guards 332 travel upwardly on the inclined guides 186. This upwardly directed motion enables the beveled portion 309 of the cap 306 to strike the projecting legs 212 of the spring 128 to lift the spring 1213 off the tongue 188 and place it on top Vof cap 313-6 (Fig. 3).

With the insertion of the razor head 302 into the extracting zone Y, the tongue 188 enters the channel Z of the blade 1 and the -channel F in the blade-clamping member 328. The neck 19Gb of the stop member 19t) enters the slot 316 of the cap 306. The left end of strip 3 of blade 1 abuts the stop 190 while its right end abuts the connecting member 314 of the razor 300, thus the stop 19() limits the movement of the razor 388 in the extracting zone through the blade 1. With this insertion, the blade-clamping member 326 is lowered and is placed in its, inoperative position. This lowering of bladeclamping member 326 is accomplished in the following manner: as the razor 1 is inserted in the extracting Zone Y, the blade clamping member 326 is in blade-clamping position and the pin 348 is in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 8, i. e. the longer end 848e is leading at a. 45 angle to the line of forward motion. The razor l travels forward until the longer end 348:1 of pin 348 strikes Vthe projection 180. The forward motion continues and the pin 348 (with spindle 344) is rotated clockwise for 90 until .it attains the position shown in full lines in Fig. 8, i. e. the longer end 348a is trailing the line of forward motion. During the iirst 15 of rotation the pin 348 is moving in the upper at portion 350a of the cam slot 350 so that the position of the bladeclamping member 326 is not affected. However, during the next 60" of rotation, the pin 348 travels downwardly in the spiral portion 350e` of the cam slot 350 and thus lowers the spindle 344 and therethrough the blade-clamping member 326 is placed in its lowered inoperative position. The remaining 15 of rotation locks the bladeclamping member 326 in its inoperative position since the movement of the pin 348 is in the lower hat portion 350b of the cam slot 350. The stop 182 will reclose the razor if it is removed before the extracting operation is cornpleted by striking portion 2:48a; but when the extracting action is completed, the stop 182 will be ineffective since the longer end 348:1 is now in position to bypass the stop 182 when the razor 1 is removed from the extracting zone Y.

While the blade-clamping member 326 is being placed in its inoperative position, the tongue 188 and the eX- tractor 192 enter channel F of the razor 300 and the channel Z of the blade 1, as explained above. The extractor 192 enters the slot 9 in the blade 1 and when the razor 380 is withdrawn, the extractor 192 abuts the left -end of the slot 9 in blade 1 and retains the blade on the tongue 188 in a position so that the flanges 5 are pointing away from the spring 120. After extraction, the spring 120 acts on the blade 1 to hold it firmly on the tongue 188.

When a second used blade is to be extracted from the razor 361), the same operations occur which have been described above. However, in the initial insertion of the razor in the extracting zone Y, the beveled portion 309 of the cap 306 strikes the anges 5 of the blade lying on the tongue 181 and lifts it olf the tongue 188 and enables it to rest on top of cap 306. In this position, the used blades are located by the ribs 122 and 124 of the container acting on the edges 11 of the extensions 4 and -6 in the blade 1.

When a blade 1 is to be loaded into the razor 300, the operation is as follows: The blades 1 lie in the new blade compartment 116 of the container 100 between the tongue 146 and the spring 120 with their flanges 5 pointing away from the spring 120. The spring 120 lies with Vits base 210 on the tongue 188, or on the extracted blade vif any in the extracting zone Y and has its legs 214 urging the blade 1 against the tongue 146 in the loading zone X. The blades 1 are located by means of ribs 122 and 124 .and the edges 11, as pointed out above. The channelforming anges 5 protruding from the strip 3 of the blade 1 space the strips 3 of each blade 1 from each other. The ltongue 146 is of such a width soas to lie in the channel Z of the topmost blade 1 and thereby supports and locates the topmost blade Yin the loading zone X.

When a blade is to be loaded on the razor 300, the razor head 392 is inserted in the loading zone X through mouth 128. The guards 332 on the razor head 302 ride on the razor guides 138 and hold the razor 300 therein. The blade clamping member 326 is in inoperative position (Figs. 5, 7 and ll). In this position the pin 348 is in the lower vportion 350b of the cam slot 350 and the pin 348 is in the position shown at L in dotted lines in Fig. 9, i.e. the longer end 348a of the pin is trailing the line of forward motion by a 450 angle. In its forward motion,

' the longer end 348a of the pin 348 is dragging over the serrated portion 142 which prevents removal of the razor head 302 until a blade has been loaded onto the razor. The razor 300 travels forward until the short end 348b of the pin strikes the projection 136 which rotates the pin to position M. The rotation of the pin does not elevate or depress the blade-clamping member 326 since the movement is wholly in the horizontal lower portion 350b of the cam slot 350.

In the meantime, the tongue 146 of the container 100 and the anges S on the blade 1 enter the channel F in 7 the 'blade-clamping member 326 and the strip. 3 of the blade 1 rest onithe raised portionY 330 of the blade-clamp ingimember 326-while the anges'vS of the blade enter channel-F of razor 390.The slot 316 in the bevelled portion 309 of the cap 306 has entered the neck 143k of the stop 148. The left end of the strip abuts stopl while its right end abuts the connecting member 314, thus the stop 148 limits'rthe movement of razor 306 in the loading zone X through blade 1. The spring member 318 in the razor 30G exerts a pressure on the blade 1 .which is greater than the frictionalpressure between the blade 1 and the tongue 146 thereby enabling the blade to move with the razor when the razor is to be withdrawn.

When the razor 390 is withdrawn, the longer end 348a ofthe pin 348 is leading at an angle of 30 to the line of motion until it reaches position N where it strikes the stopY 144. With continued withdrawal, the stop 144 rotates the pin 34S counterclo'ckwise through an angle of about .'75-and places the pin 348 in position shown in full line in Fig..9. The iirst60 rotation of pin 343 elevates the spindle 344 since this motionvis in the spiral portion 350e ofthe. cam slot 350 and thereby elevates the blade- Yclamping member. 326 to an elevated operative position where it clamps the bladev 1 in shaving position. The remaining V of rotation .of pin 348 locks the bladeclamping member 326 in blade-clamping position since this rotation takesrplace in the upper horizontal portion 350e of the cam slot 350.

In the blade-clamping position, strip 3 of blade 1 is exed by the action of the-raised portion 33t) and on the blade-engaging shoulder 310 on the kblade (Fig. 16). The

tongue 146 is withdrawn from blade channelZ of theV blade 1 andthe channel F of the razor 300, and the flanges 5 of the blade 1 now lie in the channel F of razor i 300. When the razor 360 has been withdrawn, the arms Vmost blade is used merely with reference to the illustrations shown in the drawings and that, actually, a blade in leither the loading zone X or Vthe extracting zone `Y may be termed the topmost blade, depending on whether Vthe container 1 is so positioned so that loading zoneV X is above therextracting zone Y, or vice Versa. Iclaim:Y Y Y .1. A blade container having a loadingzone, a mouth in ,said loading zone to permit entry of a razor therein, Ya

. bladesupport in said loading zone -to support Va blade,

therein, and a protruding stop mounted on said blader, support to limit the movement of a razor in said loading zone; .Y

2. A`blade container as set Vforth in claim l, wherein said blade support is a tongue having its free end pointing toward said mouth.` Y 'Y Y 3. A blade container having an extracting zone, a mouth in said extracting zone to permit entry of a razor therein, a blade support in said extracting zone to hold a blade/therein, a protruding stop mounted on said blade support to limit lthermovement of a razor in said extracting zone andV a blade extractor mounted on said blade support to extract a blade'from a razor.

4.Y A container as set forth in claim 3, wherein razor guides are provided in said extracting zone, a'portion of said guides being inclined inwardly and upwardly said mouth toward said blade support.

Y 5, A'container as set forth Yin claim 3, wherein said blade support is a tongue having its free end pointing toward said mouth. Y 1 I Y 6. NA bladepcontainerf having a new blade compartment andansed blade compartment,A a loading zone in said from new blade compartmentand an extracting zone'in saidy used blade compartment, a mouth in said loading zone to permit entry Tof a razortherein and a'mouth in said extracting zone to permit entry of a razor therein, ablade support in said loading zone and a blade support in said extracting zone, said blade supports being connected vtoY each other, a stop mounted on the blade support 1n saidY loading zone yto limit the movement of a razor therein and a stop mounted on the blade support in said extracting zone to limit the movement of a razor therein, and a blade extractor mounted on the blade support in said extracting zone to extract a blade from a razor head therein.

7.V A container as set forth in claim 6, wherein each of said blade supports is a tongue having its free end pointing toward each of said mouths.

8. The combination of a blade container having side walls, end walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, with a razor having a head comprised of a cap and a blade-V clamping member underlying the cap and movable from anV inoperative position to an operative blade-clamping position, a loading zone in said container having a mouth therein to permit entry of said razor head, a projection on said razor to move said blade-clamping member toward said cap to said blade-clamping position, and a part in said loading zone to actuate said projection on said razor.v

9. A combination as set forth in claim 8, wherein said blade-clamping member has a central longitudinally extending depressed area being defined by raised portions on either side thereof to form a razor channel, and said loading zone has a bladesupport therein, said blade support being a tongue having its free end pointing toward said mouth, said tongue being positioned in said loading zone so that it lies in the razor channel.

10. The combination of a container having end walls, side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, with a razor having a head comprised of a cap, a base and a bladeclamping member movable between said cap and base from an inoperative position to an operative blade-clamp.

ing position, a loading zone in said container having a. mouth to permit entry of said razor "head therein, a hollow handle depending from said base, a spindle rotatably mounted on saidV movable blade-clamping member and being located in said hollow handle, a spiral cam spot in said hollow handle, a cam follower pin onV said spindle protruding through Vsaid cam slot, whereby rotation of n the pin in one direction will move Vsaid blade-clamping member into blade-clamping position and rotation of the pin in the other direction will move said blade-clamping member` to Yinoperative position, a part in said loading zone to rotate said pinrthereby moving said blade-clamping member into blade-clamping position, a central longi tudinally extending depressed area in said blade clamping member, said depressed area being dened by raised portions on either side thereof to form a razor channel, and a tongue in said loading zone to hold a blade thereon, said tongue being positioned to lie inV said razor channel when said razor head is in said loading zone. Y

4l1. 'The combination ofy a blade container having side walls, end walls, a top Wall and a bottom wall, With a razor having a vcap and a blade-clamping member underlying the cap and movable from blade-clamping position to an inoperative position, an extracting zone in said container, said extracting zone having a mouth .therein to permit entryV of said razor therein, and a projection in said extracting zone to move said blade-clamping member away from saidV cap to saidV inoperative position whereby a blade `will be deposited into said extracting zone from a razor. Y

l2. A combination as set forth in claim 11, wherein a lade support is located in said extracting zone to hold a blade deposited thereon and wherein said blade support is a tongueV having its free end pointingtoward said mouth, said tongue being positioned in said extracting '13. A combination 'as set forth in claim 12,'wherein a blade Yextractor is mounted on said tongue to extract a blade from said razor.

14. The combination of a blade container having side walls, end walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, with a razor having a head comprised 4of a cap and a bladeclamping member underlying the cap and movable from an inoperative position to an operative blade-clamping position, an extracting zone in said 'container having a mouth therein to permit entry of said razor head, a'projection on said razor to move said blade-clamping member away from said cap to said inoperative position and a part in said extracting zone to actuate said projection on said razor.

15. A combination as set forth inclaim 14, wherein a tongueis mounted in said extractingzone having itsfree end pointing toward said mouth to hold a used blade deposited thereon.

16. A combination as set forth in claim 15, wherein a blade extractor is mounted on said tongue to extract a blade from said razor.

17. The combination of a container having end walls, side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, with a razor having a head comprised of a cap, a base and a bladeclamping member movable between said cap and base from an inoperative position to au operative blade-clamping position, an extracting zone in said container having a mouth to permit entry of said razor head therein, a hollow handle depending from said base, a spindle rotatably mounted on said movable blade-clamping member and being located in said hollow handle, a spiral cam slot in said hollow handle, a cam follower pin on said spindle protruding through said cam slot, whereby rotation of the pin in one direction will move said blade-clamping member into blade-clamping position and rotation of the pin in the other direction will move said blade-clamping member to inoperative position, a part in said extracting zone to rotate said pin thereby moving said blade-clamping member into inoperative position, a centrally longitudinally extending depressed area in said blade clamping member, said depressed area being dened by raised portions on either side thereof to form a razor channel, and a tongue in said extracting zone to hold a blade deposited thereon, said tongue being positioned to lie in said razor channel when said razor head is in said loading zone.

18. A combination as set forth in claim 17, wherein a blade extractor is mounted on said tongue'to extract a blade from said razor.

19. The combination of a blade container having side walls with a razor having a cap and a blade-clamping member movable from an inoperative to a blade-clamping position, new and used blade compartments, a loading zone in said new blade compartment having a mouth therein to permit enn'y of said razor, an extracting zone in said used blade compartment having a mouth therein to permit entry of said razor, a blade support in said loading zone to hold a new blade thereon and a blade support in said extracting zone to hold a used blade deposited thereon, said blade supports being integral with each other, a projection in said loading zone to move said movable blade-clamping member to blade-clamping position and a projection in said extracting zone .to move said blade-clamping member to inoperative position, whereby a new blade will be loaded in said razor when the razor is in said loading zone, and a used blade will be extracted from said razor when the razor is in said extracting zone.

20. A combination as set forth in claim 19, wherein said blade supports are tongues having their free ends pointing toward said mouths, said tongues being positioned in said zones to lie between the cap and the bladeclamping member of the razor.

21. A combination as set forth in claim 19, wherein a blade extractor is mounted on said tongue to extract a blade from said razor.

22. .A combination as set forth inclaim 21, wherein razor lguides are provided'in said extracting zone, aportion of said razor guides being Vinclined inwardly and upwardly from said 4mouth toward said tongue.

23. The combination of a container having end walls, side walls, a top wall and one bottom wall, said container having a new and used blade compartment, with a razor lhaving ahead comprised of a cap, a base, and a blade-clamping member movable therebetween from an inoperative position to a 'blade-clamping position, a loading zone in said new :blade compartment having a mouth therein to permit-entry of said razor, van extracting zone in said used blade compartment having 'a mouth therein to permit entry of said razor, a hollow handle depending from said base, a spindle mounted on said blade-clamping member and extending within said hollow handle, a cam slot in said hollowhandle, 'a pin Aon said spindle protruding through said cam slot whereby rotation of said pin in one direction will place the bladeclamping member into blade-clamping position and rotation of the pin in the opposite direction will place the blade-clampng member in the inoperative position, a part in said loading zone and a part in said extracting zone to actuate said pin, a central longitudinally extending depressed area in said blade-clamping member, said depressed area being defined by raised portions on either side thereof to form a razor channel, a tongue in said extracting zone to hold a blade deposited thereon and a tongue in said loading zone to hold a blade thereon, said tongues being integral with each other, said tongues being positioned to lie in the razor channel when said razor is in said zones.

24. A combination as set forth in claim 23, wherein said blade supports are tongues having their free ends pointing toward said mouths, said tongues being positioned in said zones to lie between the cap and the bladeclamping member of the razor.

25. A combination as set forth in claim 24, wherein razor guides are provided in said extracting zone, a portion of said razor guides being inclined inwardly and upwardly from said mouth toward said tongue.

26. The combination of a stack of razor blades having spaced apart, downwardly projecting, longitudinally extending anges on either side of its center line to define a channel, with a container having means to locate said stack therein; a loading zone in said container for loading the topmost blade of said blade stack into a razor, a mouth in said loading zone to permit entry of a razor therein, a blade support in said loading zone to hold said blade therein, and a stop mounted on said blade support to limit the movement of said blade in the loading zone.

27. The combination as set forth in claim 26, wherein said blade support is a tongue having its free end pointing toward said mouth, and wherein said tongue is located to enter the channel of said blade.

28. The combination of a stack of razor blades having spaced apart, downwardly projecting, longitudinally extending ilanges on either side of its center line to dene a channel; with a container having means to locate said blade stack therein, an extracting zone in said container having a mouth to permit entry of a razor therein, a blade support in said extracting zone to hold the topmost blade of said blade stack therein, a stop mounted on said blade support to limit the movement of said blade in said loading zone, and a blade extractor to extract said blade from a razor.

29. The combination as set forth in claim 28, wherein said blade support is a tongue having its free end pointing toward said mouth and wherein said tongue is located to enter the channel of said blade.

30. The combination as set forth in claim 28 wherein razor guides are provid-ed in said extracting zone, a portion of said guides being inclined upwardly and inwardly from said mouth toward said blade support.

31. The combination of a stack of blades having spaced apart, longitudinally extending, downwardly projecting flanges on either side of its center line to define a channel, with a container having a new blade compartment and a used blade compartment, a loading zone in said new blade compartment having a mouth therein Yto permit entry 'of Va razor, :1n-extracting zone in said used blade compartment having a mouth therein to permit entry of a razor, a blade support in said loading z'one to hold Vthe topmost of said blade Vstaekrtherein and a blade support in said extracting zone to hold said blade therein, said blade supports being integral with'each other, stops mounted on each of said blade supports to limit the movement of said blade in said zones, and a blade extractor in said extracting zone toV extract said blade fromka razor.

3,2. The comblnationas set forth in claim 31, whereinr IL? said., blade nguides vare tongues having their free ends pointing toward said'fmouths,d said tongues being located to enter the channel of said blades! v ,Y y i v j Referencesl Cited in the le of this patent` i UNrfTED STATESy PATENTS f Y 2,301,172 I Benjamin Nov. 10,V 1942 V2,305,600Y Benjamin V Dec. 22', 1942 '2,335,472' Auerbach Nov. 30,l 1943 V2,336,515 l' Testi et al.` Dec. 14, 1943 2,637,900 Thompson V May l2, '1953 2,726,444 Peltzy et al. Dec. 13, 1955 j Y FOREIGN PATENTS Y 187,539719099f ','Greatllrritain Apr. 2,8, Y1910 

